Growth and characterization of the Al-doped and Al-Sn co-doped ZnO nanostructures

Ceramics International

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 6497-6502

  Tian, Xinlong ^a   Pan, Zhanchang ^a   Zhang, Huangchu ^b   Fan, Hong ^a   Zeng, Xiangfu ^b   Xiao, Chumin ^a   Hu, Guanghui ^a   Wei, Zhigang ^a  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Victory Giant Technology (Hui Zhou) Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Al Sn co doped ZnO; Hydrothermal; Optical band gap; XPS

Indexed keywords

AL-SN CO-DOPED ZNO; GREEN EMISSION PEAKS; HEXAGONAL CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROTHERMAL; ROOM-TEMPERATURE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM); X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY STUDIES; ZINC ACETATE DIHYDRATE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL BAND GAPS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TIN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 84877692254     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.01.081     Document Type: Article

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